With live poker nonexistent at the moment due to COVID-19, and limited legal online options available to United States citizens, many players across the country have had to either give up the game or think out of the box.
Andy Bellin, who is currently writing the script for the Phil Ivey movie – The Baccarat Machine starring Nora Lum (AKA Awkwafina) as Cheung Yin “Kelly” Sun – was one such player who called an audible.
In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times titled "How a Hollywood poker game keeps the camaraderie — and trash talk — going on Zoom," Bellin highlights his long-running Sunday night home game, which included poker pro Andy Frankenberger, Rounders and Billions scribe Brian Koppelman, and actor Hank Azaria, just to name a few.